Index of multiple deprivation - crime domain

The purpose of this domain is to measure the rate of recorded crime for four major volume crime types - burglary, theft, criminal damage and violence - representing the risk of personal and material victimisation at a small area level.

The indicators used to measure this aspect of deprivation are:

• Burglary (four recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005).
• Theft (five recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005).
• Criminal damage (10 recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005).
• Violence (14 recorded crime offence types April 2004 - March 2005).

Results:

• 3% of Shropshire's population live within the most deprived fifth of areas in England and 48% live within the least deprived fifth.
• Levels of crime in the county are relatively low in Shropshire. The most deprived areas fall mostly within the urban areas of the County.
• The most deprived SOA is located within the electoral ward of Castle in Oswestry.

Please select the attachments on this page to view the Crime Information Sheets 2004 and 2007.